Greatest Ever Springbok Flanks

Joe Van Niekerk anyone?....... and prior to readmission Jan Ellis.

Yhis is a NS ythtrzt dtsrting  from noyhimg.  First of all prior to1996 rugby was not a prfessional game anmd much ,ess tsts were played annually -  there were tours by diferenct puntreoes anmd if 7 tests were played a year it was a lot.   Since 1996 world competiveness increased. and very few of the players played enough matches played  to justify their inclusion in the top loosie category.

ince 1995 to date - bar 4 months in 1997 - the Springboks played 10 man rufby with the result that lossies became an extension of the Tight 5 with near to sero conmstributions t attacking ugby.   S ome were too slow in defense and the lososing ea of SA ugby only f;ourished aftter 2018 and firther developed under Browne it is complettely new game for loosiesL-    

As to players in the professional era there are three caegories wher lloosies should be as folows:-

No 8  1    Vermeulen

No 7  1     Du Toir,

No 6   1      Burger 2     Smih

" Rassie ……..waaaaaaahahaha…..groupies will be groupies..."

"Rassie!"

Obviously  a joke.

Nope it wasn’t…ask the man who punted the idea:

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Schalk, Andre Venter, Ruben Kruger, PSDT, Rob Louw, Juan Smith and Rassie 

Open era….Venter, Skinstad, Big Joe, Schalk, Vermeulen…those are the big talents at loosie. Juan Smith in the early part of his career probably deserved to be in the group. Dud Toit is a lock that plays a role that is scarcely that of a flank…rate him if you like, but don’t call him a flank.